canon rumors FORUM

Just to complicate things, Samyang just announced the pricing for their 24mm T/S lens; pretty similar to what a used Mark 1 goes for. Might want to see what the reviews say about where it falls; if it's better than the Mark 1, might be the way to go. Obviously I doubt it approaches the Mark 2

Out of curiousity, does anyone know why a TS-E lens cannot be made with AF?

Because you can tilt the focal plane, which means that by definition, the focal plane intersects with the image plane. Simplified, you might say you already have focus from distances nil to infinity. The focus ring really moves the focal plane from left to right and v.v. (or up and down, obviously). It is up to you how you'd like that all to work out.

AF would only have a meaningful function with the focal plane parallel with the image plane and for that, Canon has a perfectly servicable f/1.4.